Baby-carrier



T. W. HANRATH.

BABY CARRIER.

APPLICATION I'IL ED JUNE I5. 1916.

Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

THEODORE W. HANRATH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BABY-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

Application filed June 15. 1916. Serial No. 103,853.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE \V. HAN- earn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBaby-Carriers,

of which I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming apart of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved baby carrier. Fig. 2 is afractional view upon an enlarged scale on line 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aperspective view showing the manner in which the carrier maybeconveniently folded.

The present invention has for its object to provide a simple, cheap andefficient device whereby infants and small children may be convenientlycarried. The invention consists in the novel features of constructionhereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing andparticularly pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

The carrier is preferably formed of leather, leatherette, canvas, orlike flexible material, so that when not .in use it may be readilyfolded into a very small space. As shown, the sides A and bottom A ofthe carrier are formed from a single piece of material and the back A isformed from another piece that is united to the rear edges of the sidesand bottom by a stout bindinga, stitched thereto, as shown in Fig. 2.Preferably, a binding a is secured around the edges of the sides, bottomand back, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

Across the sides A and bottom A extend the stay strips B of flexiblematerial, these stay strips being securely united to the sides andbottom, and the upper end portions B of the stay strips are turneddownward and securely fastened, as by stitching, to the sides A. Thelooped upper ends of the stay strips B are shown as provided withrings 1) to which are connected suitable handles C by means of which thecarrier will be suspended.

Across the bottom A of the carrier at its front extends a brace strip D,preferably of wood or like stiff material, and over this brace strip Dis preferably placed a pad E that may consist of cotton, wool,excelsior, or like material, held in place by means of a fabric cover 0that is united, as at e and (1 to the bottom A of the carrier.

To the rear portion of the carrier at its opposite sides is connected aretaining strap 1, preferably provided with a. snap hook a ring f and anadjusting buckle f this retaining strap serving to hold the infant inthe carrier.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that when the device isin position for use, as shown in Fig. 1, the infant may be placed withinthe carrier and the strap F will be brought around and in front of theinfant. The carrier may then be grasped by the handles C and the infantcan be readily carried by two persons, each grasping one of the handlesC. The padded brace strip at the front of the bottom A efl'ectiveelyserves to prevent the sagging of the front of the carrier, thus avoidingthe danger of the infant slipping from the carrier. So, also, the padprevents any cutting or chafing of the infants legs and any cramping ofthe legs, which would occur if the padded brace strip were omitted.

The stay strips B effectively serve to sustain the strain of the infantsweight and distribute the weight properly upon the handles C that arepreferably formed of rigid material.

When the carrier is to be folded into small compass so that it may beconveniently packed or carried in the. pocket, the sides A will befolded over upon the bottom A, as indicated in Fig. 3, after which theback portion A (which is shown partly folded in Fig. 3) will be turnedforward and over onto the sides A. a The precise details of constructionabove set forth may be varied without departing from the spirit of theinvention and features of the invention may be employed without itsadoption as an entirety.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is- 1 1. A collapsible baby carrier having abottom, sides and back of flexible material with a transverse bracestrip secured to the bottom at its front, handles at the top of saidsides, and stay strips to which said handles are connected, one of saidstay strips extending down said sides and around said bottom beneathsaid brace strip.

a rigid transver bottom at its fro se brace strip secured to the nt,handles at the top of said strips at the back sides and stay strips towhich said handles are connected, the stay strips at the front extendingdown said sides to and beneath 10 the ends of said brace strip and thestay extending down said sides and beneath said bottom.

THEODQRE W. HAN RATH.

